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Jeff Broomes Drags Parkinson Secondary School into the Public Eye

The Alexandra Commission of Inquiry headed by retired Justice Frederick Waterman was established by the Prime Minister as a means to resolve the long running conflict between former principal Jeff Broomes and the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU). The Ministry of Education at the conclusion of the Inquiry transferred 18 teachers AND Jeff Broomes who was appointed principal of Parkinson School. Less than two years later Uncle Jeff is at the centre of another dispute at his latest school. It is too early for the fair minded to take sides even if the protagonists are the same.

And that is the crux of the matter. with a Public Service Reform whose singular contribution to reform is the change in their logo, without any measuring stick that affords each and every person in and across the public service a marker to show what they have done, we must resort to wishy washy feelings

I feel that he would mek a good Permanent Secretary and WHAPLAX, jes like dat, BuhKVNT Edison Alleyne is a PS till he eider dead or he retire and will float around the various ministries telling de yung ones whu en whu he gine do wid dem posteriors

The objective is reaching voters where they are. Content is content and whether you see an ad or video on your iPad, your TV or on your smartphone, it seems the [BU] ‘s job is to get in front of your eyeballs and get your attention. That means looking penetration, and finding targets someplace else.”

What about what is happening for the youngsters. Perhaps a youth overground site… Might give us all a heads up.

On Thursday night on DLPTV,Minister Jones was addressing a group.I think they were scholarship and exhibition winners.At the head table with Jones were three others,two of whom were listening attentively to the Minister,while the other with the usual shiny,plastered mat on her head,
was there punching away on a laptop or ipad,oblivious to her surroundings.If a question were asked of her as to what was said she wouldn’t have had a clue.And I am told this woman is a deputy chief education officer.I remember her and her awful moaning but loud voice when she represented the BUT as their president.Some people might be certified but remain uneducated and untrained in etiquette.What would the likes of Rawle Jordan have thought of current appointments to such high office.No wonder we are in trouble.Poor rakey parliament and some poor rakey public officers in key ministries.

As of this moment you have earned yourself a position within the group TWWACS&NTBI.

They Who would Advocate Common Sense and Need to BE Incarcerated forthwith.

You actually mean to tell me that, if i were on the School Board at Alexandra’s or Parkinson’s you are advocating a system that I could actually see teacher absences, student performances, and truancy?

You mean to say that in the even of another incident where Jeff Broomes is accused of trying to do his job as a teacher, that someone at the Ministry of Edukation, like the bungler Ronald WeJonesing cud tek a look at a list pun de cuntputer in he office en see if whu Broomes saying is true?

Men like wunna so need to get ban from BU and expell from Bulbados fuh dese seditious thoughts!

De next ting dat you gine be recommending is fuh de Public Sector Reform Office to have someting similar fuh employee metrics en fuh de Electoral Boundaries Commission to have a System dat demands de politrickians to upload dem expenses BEFO de election, one dat integrated wid de bank account and does show whu WeJonesing spend pun he electioneering en ting down tuh de very cent.

It is peeple like wunna so dat does mek bad fuh Bulbados.

I kin bet anyting dat you is a Bajan dat di live overseas en dat you is one uh dem dat feel wunna know more bout Bulbados dan we who did heah all we life.

Whey you life, I gine get we Jonesing tuh gi’ you a visit in de night and brek in you skull and show you who is boss bout heah.

We need to assist Broomes and others with the balls like Broomes and stop the criticism.
We have a young violent drug craved society.
The funny thing is that some of the older folks are joining them instead of mellowing in their twilight years.

The ministry will meet with concerned teachers from Parkinson next week. Bone of contention, Broomes bringing in temps (did not know principals have the authority to hire temps) and his demand to design the school curriculum to teach subjects during school time and not after hours. We know teaching after hours is big business for teachers.

What we have is the beginning of AX all over again. BU notes Broomes has indicated his concerns and rising tension at Parkinson was documented in a letter and sent to the ministry of education which according to him has not been acknowledged. God help us!

@ David
How many times does Bushie have to tell you that THE problem with education in Barbados is the Ministry of Education?
Here is a set of clowns whose role is to appoint lackies and yard fowls to too positions, and then to micromanage every aspect of school life such as discipline, time-tables, staff assignments etc….. …with piss poor results.

Furthermore, THERE IS NO PUBLIC REPORTING OF RESULTS, so Bajans are UNABLE to see just how BAD things really are….
We are fooled every year with the dozen or so “scholarship winners”… While THOUSANDS fall through the cracks….

When rebels like Broomes come along (even if aided with a few grogs) and tries to change things, it is only obvious that he will lose..

It is too late anyway…we have ALL lost already….
Broomes should just do like all the others and keep a low profile until pension time….

No big fan of Broomes but based on what we know of the system (like you) maintaining the status quo will continue to produce those 11+ students who gain less than 20 marks and the problem is papered over because they ‘pass’ for a secondary school.